Guinea-Bissau Opposition Parties Demand Civilian-Led Transition Government, Reject Military Reforms - Global News Network Liberia
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High-ranking individuals, including former presidents, prime ministers, and ministers, have appealed to the heads of state and government of ECOWAS to pressure Bissau to release the PAIGC leader.
Guinea-Bissau Opposition Parties Demand Civilian-Led Transition Government, Reject Military Reforms - Global News Network Liberia
By Paul Ejime Ahead of the ECOWAS Summit in Freetown on Sunday 19 July, Guinea- Bissau’s two main opposition political coalitions – PAI-TR and API-CG – have called for a civilian-led transition government to replace the military junta currently in power in the country following former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s self-coup on 26th November 2025. In a Memorandum to the Chair of the ECOWAS Authority, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, …
In Guinea-Bissau, a country led by a military junta since a coup d'état on 26 November 2025, the leader of the opposition, Domingos Simões Pereira, was detained on Friday, 10 July. In a period of political transition in the country, some observers fear that this arrest will be a warning sign of the establishment of an authoritarian regime.
The judicial lock was closed on Domingos Simões Pereira. Placed in pre-trial detention since 10 July in a police station in Bissau, the former Prime Minister and President of PAIGC is accused of having participated in two coup d'état projects, in 2023 and 2025. In a country accustomed to institutional breakdowns, this decision places military justice at the heart of the political debate, less than two months from the constitutional referendum de…
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